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FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2015 file photo, a woman wearing a mask for protection against pollution walks on a pedestrian overhead bridge as office buildings are shrouded with smog in Beijing. More than nine out of 10 people worldwide live in areas with excessive air pollution, contributing to problems like strokes, heart disease and lung cancer, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. The U.N. health agency said in a new report that 92 percent of people live in areas where air quality exceeds WHO limits, with southeast Asia, eastern Mediterranean and western Pacific regions hardest hit. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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The Marine Corps' classic recruiting slogan, "The Few. The Proud. The Marines," may end with a new advertising campaign approved by Commandant Gen. Robert Neller. (Instagram, United States Marine Corps)
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Kevin Lane, left, and Kenny Eaves take part in a vigil for the victims of the Thomas & Betts plant shooting, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Athens, Tenn. Ricky Swafford who fatally shot two supervisors and then killed himself at an electrical components plant in eastern Tennessee had a state-issued permit to carry handguns in public, law enforcement officials said Friday. (Paul Efird/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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Two trash companies - Republic Waste Services, seen here, and Rizzo Environmental Services - both race around the streets for trash pick-up on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 throughout the north side of Flint, Mich. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver sent a letter to Republic, stating the city no longer need their services, and gave the go-head to Rizzo Environmental Services to begin trash pick-up Monday, Sept. 26. Republic officials said the company will continue to pick up garbage because they are under a court-ordered 90-day contract. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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This Sept. 9, 2016 photo shows rush hour traffic moving along the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. California's traffic-locked roads are being considered for their potential to serve a new purpose as clear power producers. After several years studying the technology, the California Energy Commission is soliciting companies and universities to create small-scale field tests to investigate whether the waste energy created by vehicles, and passed onto roads when driving, could be captured and turned into electricity. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Wake Forest quarterback John Wolford (10) finds a hole in the Indiana line for a touchdown during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 in Bloomington, Ind. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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Vehicle lights illuminate a street after a massive blackout, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Puerto Ricans faced another night of darkness Thursday as crews slowly restored electricity a day after a fire at a power plant caused the aging utility grid to fail and blacked out the entire island. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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In this 2012 photo, from left, Shawn Foster, Carson Pemble, Emily Read, Brittany Pemble and Megan Pemble explore the summit of South Sister, west of Bend, Ore. Officials with the Deschutes National Forest and the Willamette National Forest are considering changes to possibly limit use in the most popular areas of the Three Sisters Wilderness are in order to maintain the wilderness character of those locations. (Joe Kline /The Bulletin via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF SEPT 24-25 AND THEREAFTER - In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 photo, Bill Johnson checks a board for honey at Johnson Honey Farm in Guttenberg, Iowa. Beekeeping has changed significantly in the nearly 30 years Bill Johnson has had his hives. Johnson said his bees require a very close eye on their health, due in large part to the types of chemicals they are exposed to on plants. (Jessica Reilly/Telegraph Herald via AP)
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Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Dorland and K-9 Grim attend a grape harvest at Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards in Roseburg, Ore. on Thursday Sept. 15, 2016. Proceeds from the harvest are set to be donated to local K-9 law enforcement programs. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)/The News-Review via AP)
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FILE-In this May 9, 2016 file photo, a young lobster os held by a marine biologist on Friendship Long Island, Maine. Baby lobsters might not be able to survive in the ocean's waters if the ocean continues to warm at the expected rate, according to a study performed by scientists affiliated with the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty,files)
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This video image provided by Skagit County Department of Emergency Management shows a suspect wanted by the authorities regarding a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Authorities in Washington State say several people have been killed during a shooting at a mall north of Seattle and that at least one suspect remains at large. (Skagit County Department of Emergency Management via AP)
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In this Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016 photo provided by Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, two orphan bear cubs play together in New Mexico. Dr. Kathleen Ramsay, owner of the Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic and a longtime wildlife rehabilitator, has been caring for the cubs, named Valley Girl and Cowboy, for the last three months at an undisclosed location, where she is preparing them for release back into the wild in late October or November, when the height of hunting season has passed. (Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation via The AP)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, photo, a British soldier walks by a Typhoon aircraft before take off for a mission in Iraq, at RAF Akrotiri, near the southern coastal city of Limassol, in Cyprus. British Tornado and Typhoon aircraft stationed at a U.K. air base in Cyprus are pounding Islamic State targets ahead of a major offensive by Iraqi security forces next month to recapture the key northern city of Mosul from IS militants, a senior Royal Air Force officer says. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, Pool) **FILE**
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures / Amazon Studios shows director Jocelyn Moorhouse, left, and Kate Winslet on the set of the film, "The Dressmaker." (Broad Green Pictures / Amazon Studios via AP)
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A structure is damaged caused from a tornado in Washington Terrace City, Utah, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Other storms in the area that produced winds in excess of 70 mph caused damage to trees and other property near the city of Layton. That's about 15 miles south of Washington Terrace. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Brian May, guitarist of British rock group Queen, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a bull trout in the Little Lost River in Idaho. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, an environmental group filed a lawsuit contending two federal agencies are violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to analyze how roads and motorized trails could be harming threatened bull trout in the Payette National Forest in west-central Idaho. (Bart Gamett/U.S. Forest Service via AP,File)
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Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush dedicates Galveston's new wastewater treatment plant Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Officials dedicated an $85 million wastewater treatment plant in Galveston as the largest Hurricane Ike recovery project since the storm hit in 2008. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
